Getting Started With Mattermost: Installing Apps

Getting Started With Mattermost: Installing Apps

Decide how you would like to access Mattermost.

You can access Mattermost at UBC through the website (https://mattermost.lthub.ubc.ca) or by downloading apps. Apps are the best way to access it anytime, anywhere. If you would like the Mattermost app on your devices, please keep reading. If you prefer giving it a try on the web version, feel free to jump to the bottom of this page!

Install the app.

You can download a mobile app from the App Store or Google Play. Search for Mattermost and download the first result. You may see “Mattermost Classic” – this is an older version and not recommended.

You can also download Mattermost for Windows, macOS, or Linux. Just go to mattermost.com/download and scroll to the bottom.

 

Log in to the app.

Once you have installed an app, you will need to log in. UBC’s Server URL is https://mattermost.lthub.ubc.ca. The name is UBC. To log in, enter your CWL username and password.

Screenshot of Mattermost iOS login screen

Logging in to the mobile app

Screenshot of Mattermost masOS login screen

Logging in to the desktop app

 

Use Mattermost Web Version

Simply log in to Mattermost with your UBC CWL by clicking the link below.

https://mattermost.lthub.ubc.ca

 

Extra tips

That’s it! You are ready to go and will see all your Mattermost teams. If you don’t see one, ask your team admin for the invitation link. Credit course teams will show up automatically, but ask your instructor if you don’t see your course.

Re-Creating Canvas Groups

When a course is imported or copied for a new term on Canvas, you will find that previously created Group Sets are no longer there. All Group Sets are combined into a new one called  “Project Groups” which is an empty list. If the People link in your course looks like the screenshot below, you need to re-create Group Sets and Groups.

Step 1) Create Group Sets

Group Sets can be created from the People link in your course. Group Sets are groups of groups. Assignments or discussions can be assigned to a specific group set. Additionally, you can use groups to give students their own space to communicate and collaborate.

How to add a Group Set to your course: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-9998-415255485

If you have more than one group discussion or assignment, you will need to create a Group Set for each one.

Step 2) Re-Assign Group Sets to Group Discussions

If you use group discussions, you will need to re-assign the Group Set once it has been created.

How to create a group discussion: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13039-415264224

Step 3) Re-Assign Group Sets to Group Assignments

If you use group assignments, you will need to re-assign the Group Set once it has been created.

How to create a group assignment: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13039-415264224

 

Technology in Transit – Kahoot!

Technology in Transit is a monthly event organized by Educational Technology Support (ETS) office for students in the Faculty of Education to showcase their learning technologies. The purpose of this one-hour session is to raise awareness of different technologies and to show how to incorporate them into classrooms.

For the month of October, Jenny introduced Kahoot! Kahoot! is a multi-platform tool that you can use to administer quizzes, discussions or surveys. You can download Kahoot! on the Apple Store or the Google Play Store.

Kahoot! gets students engaged by turning learning into a game. There are 4 ways to create a Kahoot! game:

  • Quiz
    A multiple-choice question style, allowing you to assign right/wrong answers and turning points on/off.
  • Survey
    Alike a quiz, but without right/wrong answers. There is no point system or scoreboards; however, you will see a graph showing how many students chose each answer.
  • Discussion
    You can facilitate a quick discussion by using the discussion tool. This is alike the survey tool, but with only one question.
  • Jumble
    This kahoot is like a quiz, but challenges your students to put answers in the correct order rather than selecting one correct answer.

Presenter

Jenny ZhuCanvas Technology Rover

Jenny started her Co-op term in May 2018 and works to make the Canvas migration from Blackboard possible. Jenny also provides technical support for faculty in the use of Canvas.

Technology in Transit

Is there an educational technology you are passionate about? Let us know.

Technology in Transit is a monthly event organized by the Educational Technology Support (ETS) office for students in the Faculty of Education to showcase their learning technologies. The purpose of this one-hour session is to raise awareness of different technologies and to show how to incorporate them into classrooms.

Event Details

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm
Date: Last Tuesday of every month
Location: Neville Scarfe Foyer

Can’t present at any of these dates? Contact us at ets.educ@ubc.ca or 604.822.6333 and we can make necessary arrangements.

Interested in presenting?

You can earn a certificate and a t-shirt!

Want inspiration?

Check out past presenters here.

TEC Expo 2018 Photo Gallery

Browse the event description, event schedule, and presenter information on the TEC Expo 2018 webpage.

Photo Gallery

TEC Expo, or Technology Enhanced Classroom Expo, was created so faculty, students, staff, and guests can learn from each other. Each year we bring the Faculty of Education community together in the Scarfe foyer to share our biggest success stories and challenges when it comes to teaching with technology. This year was our fifth annual TEC Expo, and thanks to all the presenters and the staff in PDCE and ETS it was a success! We had a total of 21 different presenters, with topics ranging from a web conference platform for online lectures called Collaborate Ultra to an assessment application for student feedback called ComPAIR.

Our first day explored pedagogical tips such as how to use information retrieved from Canvas analytics to understand student engagement and improve instructional design. We were also happy to welcome back the Emerging Media lab (EML), and this year they presented both virtual and augmented reality. With the Stanley Park Virtual Field Trip
you could walk through Stanley Park, using the controller to select a point ahead of you and teleport there. You could spin around to view the full 360 environment, and even pick up 3D objects. To allow users to explore augmented reality, EML also presented HoloBrain. Why get all messy when you can dissect a brain virtually? Whether you are an instructor at the Faculty of Medicine at UBC or just interested in human biology, HoloBrain is intended to be a useful teaching tool in neuroanatomy instruction. We were also happy to welcome a virtual presenter, Yifeng Wei, who could not be in Vancouver for the event. Wei presented Teach Mental Health: An Online Mental Health Literacy Professional Development Opportunity for Educators.Teach Mental Health is an online course for pre-service teachers to educate them
about mental health and mental illness.

Our second day presentations were more hands-on. Cédric Lejeune presented the micro:bit – a tiny, programmable computer to make learning STEM fun. At his table, you could play a operation-esque game moving a conductive loop through a wire without touching it. If the loop touched the wire, the circuit would be complete and a buzzer would go off. If you stopped by Zoe Lawler’s booth you could also try hand weaving, by either making your own creation or contributing to a large project. Weaving teaches fine motor skills and draws from indigenous knowledge, which can be a fun classroom project. Other educational tools featured included Softron Answer Forms. that helps educators save time by auto-marking any test in PDF or word.

Thank you to all the presenters and attendees for making TEC Expo 2018 a success! We hoped you learned about new technology and how it can be used to facilitate teaching and learning, and started some constructive conversations about pedagogy.

Interested to learn more?

Keep up to date on ETS events throughout the year by visiting our events calendar! You can also reach out to ETS by contacting us at 604-822-6333 or ets.educ@ubc.ca

Disable Canvas export course content

How to remove the option for students

  1. Go into Settings at the bottom of the left sidebar.
  2. Scroll to the bottom of the page and deselect the option for Offline Course.
  3. Check if this worked by entering Student View located on the top of the right sidebar. On the Home page, the Export Course Content button should be gone.

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EML Visits

The Teacher Education Office, the Office of Research in Education and the Dean’s office have all visited the Emerging Media Lab, and you can take a tour too!

UBC’s Emerging Media Lab (EML) is a space where faculty, students and staff can explore new technology such as Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality and how it can be used to enhance learning and research. Every Tuesday and from 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m. in Neville Scarfe Room 1 EML is hosting Drop-in demos to all students, staff and faculty. Check out EML’s website to learn more.

Scarfe Teaching and Learning Studios

Introduction to the Project

The UBC Faculty of Education was successful in its UBC Learning Space Improvement Project bid to refurbish the computer labs in Scarfe 1006 and 1007 into flexible teaching/learning spaces effective summer 2018. Students have told us for many years that they lack space to work on collaborative projects, which form such a large part of many courses, particularly in the BEd Program, and the Scarfe computer labs have become less and less frequently used, especially as most students now have their own devices. The project proposal and adjudication process was rigorous, and our Faculty’s proposal was ranked among the top four across the campus to be funded.

The new design was based in part on UBCO’s Learning Lab (https://innovativelearningcentre.ca/about/physical-space/) and includes very flexible seating as well as several fixed computer stations with some specialized, UBC-licensed software (SPSS, Camtasia, etc.). The two spaces will allow students to work on projects together, practise-teach in small groups, and they will also be bookable by instructors who wish to schedule teaching and learning activities. This is an opportunity for those who are keen to model how to teach in flex spaces.

An advisory committee was established (based on an invitation to all faculty, staff and grad students) and has developed guidelines for scheduling use of the studio, evaluate how the rooms are used, and address questions or concerns, etc.

Principles of Use

Established May 1, 2018

Vision:

The Scarfe Teaching and Learning Studios are student centred spaces designed to foster interactive work and facilitate teaching and learning in a flexible environment.

Faculty of Education students, faculty, staff, researchers, and visiting scholars are invited to use the Scarfe Teaching and Learning Studios for workshops and events that demonstrate the pedagogical capacity of the spaces. These include practice teaching and model teaching, class visits when a flexible environment is required, and group project work. Only one of the two rooms will be bookable at any one time to ensure that space is available for drop in student use.

What the Scarfe Studios are not:

  • Silent study space
  • Regularly scheduled classroom space

Booking:

  • Bookings are managed through a Faculty of Education form: http://it.educ.ubc.ca/book-a-teaching-and-learning-studio/
  • At the time of booking, users are required to provide a written rationale (no more than 50 words) that shows the proposed program aligns with the principles of use.
  • During the months of September and October, booking preference is given to workshops and events that provide examples of teaching and technology integration in flexible environments.
  • Outside of September and October, booking preference is given to students using the space in a collaborative, creative way.

One-Button Studio Space Revamp

UBC Studios has added a new DIY-Media Space to their One-Button Studio.

Eric testing out the DIY-Media space

The new DIY-Media space within the One-Button Studio lets you use a writing tablet in conjunction with your presentation.

The One-Button Studio is a designated space within UBC Studios, located in the University Services Building at 2329 West Mall. The One-Button Studio is a service available to UBC faculty and staff to create video presentations, lectures and announcements. As the name suggests, the One-Button Studio was designed to be a video production option that is simpler to use, with only a few steps to get started.

The original setup of the One-Button Studio allowed you to record yourself while your presentation slides were projected in the background.

To set this up, you needed to plug in a USB drive that your video will save to, attach your laptop to the projector to get your presentation slides loaded, and finally, press a big button to start/stop recording. Once you stopped the recording, the video file will be saved onto the USB drive you attached.

What has changed?

Recently, UBC Studios has added a table-top recording station, the DIY-Media Space, to the One-Button Studio. This will allow you to live stream, do lecture recordings, podcast recordings, and presentations. The DIY-Media Space also has a screen-writer, which will allow you to draw on presentation slides or a web page while you are doing your recording. The table-top DIY Media Space also uses a more optimally mounted microphone on the table-top station, making the audio quality in the new setup improve as well.

The table-top DIY-Media Space will use Camtasia to record your presentation, writing tablet, video, and audio. The setup process will be a little different from usual, having you upload your slides into the table-top computer instead. Keeping with the simpler to use approach, UBC Studios has done its best to minimize setup time by having a physical copy of instructions laid out on how to use the tablet-writer, along with hotkeys that allow you to change your pen’s colour and erasing your work. Once you are finished the recording, stop the recording within Camtasia, and transfer the recording file onto your USB drive.

If you do not wish to use the new table-top DIY-Media space, the option to use the One-Button Studio, as it was before, is still available!

Interested in using the One-Button Studio/DIY-Media Space?

To book the One-Button Studio/DIY-Media Space, please contact UBC Studios by phone at 604.822.9800 or by email at ubc.studios@ubc.ca. This service is free to use for faculty and staff members of UBC.

Take a look at the photos below to see how the new set-up works!

TEC Expo 2017 Photo Gallery

Browse the event description, event schedule, and presenter information on the TEC Expo 2017 webpage.

Photo Gallery

With TEC Expo 2017 behind us, it is time to reflect. TEC Expo, or Technology Enhanced Classroom Expo, was created so faculty, students, staff, and guests can learn from each other. Each year we bring the Faculty of Education community together in the Scarfe foyer to share our biggest success stories and challenges when it comes to teaching with technology. This year marked the fourth TEC Expo, and as with every year we tried to make it a more inclusive, accessible, and innovative event. We incorporated live video streaming for the first time, and ETS’ very own Bill Pickard conducted interviews with each presenter. All the videos can be viewed on the Professional Development and Community Engagement Facebook page. Hundreds of people joined us by watching live or after the event. The event was also live-tweeted using the #TECExpo2017 hashtag. Another innovative addition to the event this year was the Emerging Media Lab, or EML. The EML is an exploratory space for people to discover the possibilities of virtual and augmented reality. If you are UBC faculty, student, or staff and didn’t get a turn in VR during TEC Expo, you can drop in on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:00 – 1:30pm at Neville Scarfe Building Room 1. The EML will be located in Scarfe until the end of August. We continued an innovation from the 2nd and 3rd TEC Expos with a second day dedicated to Educational Making. There were opportunities to learn about food, knots, jewellery making, coding, robots, weaving, book making, button making, creating augmented reality experiences, experiencing a virtual stage, and the UBC seed library. It was an amazing array of educational makers sharing their experiences. As always, it was a joyous occasion and our special honour to host the Faculty of Education’s fourth annual TEC Expo. We hope it helped you learn about new and emerging ways of teaching and learning, and facilitated constructive conversations about pedagogy. The presenters were an inspiration, and if you did not have the privilege to attend we encourage you to watch the archived live stream videos on the PDCE Facebook page. Learn more about the presenters on the archived TEC Expo 2017 site, and see videos from the event below!

Welcome to TEC Expo 2017 Day 1!

Check out our closing remarks on TEC Expo 2017 Day 2!

Interested to learn more?

Keep up to date on ETS events throughout the year by visiting our events calendar! You can also reach out to ETS by contacting us at 604-822-6333 or ets.educ@ubc.ca
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